Study on
treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between
States and indigenous populations

Commission
on Human Rights decision 1996/109

At its 52nd meeting, on 19 April 1996, the Commission on Human
Rights, taking note of decision 1995/118 of 24 August 1995, and
recalling resolutions 1989/38 of 1 September 1989 and 1990/28
of 31 August 1990 and decisions 1991/11 of 29 August 1991, 1992/110
of 27 August 1992 and 1994/116 of 26 August 1994 of the Sub-Commission
on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
decided, without a vote, to endorse the recommendation of the
Sub-Commission to request the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Miguel Alfonso
Martínez, to submit a third report on the study on treaties,
agreements and other constructive arrangements between States
and indigenous populations to the Working Group at its fourteenth
session and to the Sub-Commission at its forty-eighth session
and a final report to both bodies at their fifteenth and forty-ninth
sessions respectively. The Commission also decided, without a
vote, to request the Secretary-General to give the Special Rapporteur
all the assistance necessary to enable him to continue and conclude
his study, in particular by providing for specialized research
assistance and for the necessary visits to Geneva for consultation
with the Centre for Human Rights, and the resources necessary
for a field mission to examine in situ the contemporary significance
of a historic treaty in one country, to be determined in consultation
with the Government concerned, as a practical example for inclusion
in the final report.